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Dweezil
Zappa Plays Zappa
The
Egg, Thursday
It was an unlikely, ambitious, and ultimately triumphant feat
when Dweezil Zappa rallied some of the greatest prog-rockers
in the land to revive the spirit of his father (Frank Zappa)
for the first Zappa Plays Zappa tour in 2006. Now it’s a steady
gig, and the world is a safer place from the ever-present
threat of yellow snow. Frank would have been 70 this year,
so Dweezil is taking his spot-on tribute one step further
by integrating enhanced video of his dad into the band’s set,
which revolves around the album Apostrophe (’) in its
precise running order. Scour Craigslist, because this one
is sold out. (Dec. 16, 8 PM, $32.50-$69.50, Empire State
Plaza, Albany, 473-1845)
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| D.R.U.G.S. |
D.R.U.G.S.
Valentine’s,
Friday
It’s not what you think. D.R.U.G.S., the new band fronted
by ex-Chiodos singer Craig Owens, are something of an indie-punk
supergroup, with a membership comprising former members of
Underminded, From First to Last, Matchbook Romance, and Story
of the Year. They fancy themselves survivors, thus their name,
an acronym that stands for Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows.
The band currently are prepping their debut record, to be
released in early 2011; currently, you can hear their first
single, which sports the “You’re So Vain”-esque title “If
You Think This Song Is About You, It Probably Is,” at their
Facebook page. They’ll be joined at Valentine’s by Eyes Set
to Kill, New Medicine, and Enigmatic Heart. (Dec. 17, 7
PM, $12, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
Paranoid
Social Club, Skeletons in the Piano, Phillips Head
Putnam
Den, Saturday
We love the crazies, oh yes, and this show is full of ’em.
Rustic Overtones offshoot Paranoid Social Club modeled their
first three discs after axes I-III, psychiatric conditions
as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders. They’re currently working on Axis IV, the
clinical definition of which concerns psychosocial and environmental
problems. Should be fun! Local boys Skeletons in the Piano
and Phillips Head both have some crazy in their blood: Skeletons
have a thing for wearing costumes and having belly-dancers
onstage; Phillips Head are from Glens Falls. (Dec. 18,
8 PM, $10-$15, 63A Putnam St., Saratoga Springs, 584-8066)
Holiday
Folk Show
Caffe
Lena, Saturday
Oh boy. You know how at this time of the year it seems like
everyone’s celebrating something, even if it’s actually a
different something—or someone—that they’re celebrating. You
have heard about the prisoner who won the right to have kosher
meals for Festivus, haven’t you? Well, Festivus is just about
the only holiday that Trish Miller and Jack Kirk, Addie and
Olin, Linda Schrade and David Kiphuth won’t be celebrating
this Saturday evening at the big, annual Holiday Folk Show
at Caffe Lena. It’s billed as a “Candlemas-Hanukhah-Ramadan-Solstice-Christmas-Kwanzaa-New
Year-Boxing Day-Epiphany Event!” There will be singin’ and
fiddlin’ and pickin’ and grinnin’. And maybe, if you ask nice,
an airing of the grievances ’round the Festivus pole. (Dec.
18, 8 PM, $17, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0022)
Tristan
Allen CD release
Caffe
Lena, Wednesday
At just 17 years of age, Saratoga Springs native Tristan Allen
already has the foundation for a breakout success. Allen began
performing his piano compositions at the Caffe Lena open-mic
night as a preteen, with the goal of recording an album, according
to The Boston Globe, “by the time he was 21.” But a
chance encounter with enigmatic performer Amanda “Fucking”
Palmer changed everything: She took Allen into her home and
onto the Web, and with help from Palmer’s fans via a Kickstarter
campaign, more than $8,000 was raised in just 48 hours, funding
a debut EP for the prodigious instrumental talent. Allen will
celebrate the release this week at his old stomping ground.
No word on whether Ms. Palmer will herself appear. (Dec.
22, 7 PM, $5, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0022)
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| Jimmy
Webb |
Tonight
(Thursday) at Red Square, it’s a “Chick Singer-Songwriters
of the Capital Region” night; Kelly Zullo,
Olivia Quillio, Laura Joy, Erin
Harkes, and Molly Durnin will all perform
(8:30 PM, $6, 465-0444). . . . The Erotics
celebrate the holiday season in their own inimitable
style tomorrow (Friday) at Savannah’s; the Blisterz,
Blackcat Elliot, and Smittix are
also on the bill (8:30 PM, $, 426-9647). . . .
Also Friday, NYC hardcore legends Madball
bring music for the mosh pit to Bogie’s; they’re
joined by Bitter End, Lionheart,
All for Revenge, and Glory (7
PM, $15, 483-4393). . . . Worth the drive, always,
is songwriting legend Jimmy Webb; he’ll
be at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass., Friday
night (7 PM, $30, 413-586-8686). . . . Sax-slinger
Brian Patneaude can be seen in two formats
this weekend: Friday, he’s joined by David Caldwell-Mason
in a duo performance at One Caroline Street (7:30
PM, free, 587-2026) and Saturday he brings his
quartet (Mason, plus Mike Parker, and David Calarco)
to Justin’s (9 PM, $5, 436-7008). . . . The Irish
Tenors concert scheduled for Saturday at the
Palace Theatre has been canceled; call the venue
for refund information (465-3334).
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